Friday 29th May saw the first week of Mike W & John's latest Marian Wars campaign using the Pikement's Lament Rules. Figures were from Mike W & John's own collections.
Mat & Dave commanded the four companies of the forces supporting the claim of the protestant claiment to the throne in favour of Prince John. On Mary's side were Rupert, Steve and Mike N.
| The battlefield |
The backgroumd of the game is that Robert Kerr and his forces had rustled some cattle belonging to his memisis James Kerr, Robert Kerr's forces are returining home after the raid only to find that James has garrisoned a company of his forces in a village by the only brige over the river on the tabletop!
| Steve's company garrison's the village |
The majority of Robert Kerr's forces were (very) slowly moving across the tabletop, with Mat's company sent to conduct a flanking move to draw Steve's defending units from the village.
| Archers and Shot garrisoning the village. |
Unexpectedly for Mat, Mike N's troops arrived on the tabletop forceing Mat to have to engage these prio to reaching the village. In a series of combats Mat's Cavalry and Gallowglas units were decimated and Mat was himself taken prisoner. However, this was not before Mike N's cavalry unit taking a battering and wavering. To rub salt into Mat's wounds his javelinmen were shot out by defenders from the village and Mike N's own units of shot.
| Forces of Robert Kerr move forwards. |
| Mat's forces containing Gallowgas and Javelin men attempt an out flanking movement on the village. |
Meanwhile Dave is slowly moving the main force across the tabletop and has units of horse scouting ahead. Ahead of him he can see Ruperts command entering the table top as well! All to play for in week two, when Mark & Nige are expected to lend additional leadership to Robert Kerr's forces.
| Final view of Robert Kerr and his forces moving across the tabletop, albeit slowly. |